Laurie Schowalter

Oh hell yeah let them start tearing each other apart

Six years ago today, 26-year-old Breonna Taylor was shot six times and killed by police officers who forced entry into her Louisville, KY apartment. Her death sparked nationwide outrage and calls for an end to police brutality and gun violence against Black people. #SayHerName #BlackLivesMatter

The killing of schoolchildren should shock our conscience and cause us to recoil in horror. A nation whose leaders can so easily shrug off the death of children, no matter the cause, is in need of moral repair. There must be accountability and lessons learned from this tragedy. And we must never forget that Iranian children, too, are children of God. 7:08 PM · Mar 12, 2026 · 7,179 Views

Shouldn't be rare to see this said by a US senator

Gonna leave the 2-factor authentication code here, should anyone wish to covertly log on to my grant application account and write it for me: 573792

We are sick motherfuckers

John Solly Is the DOGE Operative Accused of Planning to Take Social Security Data to His New Job A whistleblower complaint alleges John Solly claimed to have stored highly sensitive Social Security data on a thumb drive. Solly and Leidos, his current employer, strongly deny the allegations.

NEW: The DOGE operative accused of telling colleagues he planned to exfiltrate sensitive SSA data for use at a private company is John Solly, CTO of the health IT division of Leidos. (Leidos denies he put any such data on its systems.) @telliotter.bsky.social and @makenakelly.bsky.social have more:

Absolutely no way in hell am I watching those. Might as well be torture videos.

Some of the best advice on the internet

It's interesting that Congress is moving to restrict institutional investors from buying up homes, but there's no similar effort for health care.

They were right but you can never forget pepfar was a Christian, missionary project and intended only for the “innocent victims” of HIV - ie no gays, drug users etc - and never intended to last

Yes surely some astute media/pop culture studies has written about this

I just turned to dust

🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻

It’s devastating and there must be accountability

Most people don't realize how much of the U.S. immigration detention system is run by private companies and how much money is involved. 🧵

Congo Miners Keep Dying for Minerals That Power U.S. Tech The mine feeding smartphones, data centers, and EVs became a mass grave, as a Trump‑era minerals accord moves ahead with little oversight.

NEW: After Trump signed a Dec. agreement, the U.S. now has preferential access to Congo’s copper, cobalt, and coltan. None of it was debated in Congo’s parliament

Hundreds are dying in hand‑dug tunnels for the minerals used in U.S. phones and data centers
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This is my most fervent hope

Dying

Omg yes, so repetitive!

Jesus Christ

Exactly!!! The world is so upside down

Honestly, this is it. No more opinions in the newspaper.

THIS!! Absolutely dead on and explains why I was miserable in university.

Yes I have one of each, no good choice here

The boomer moms were NOT okay

It’s absolutely terrifying seeing what is so obvious to me <a 50 yr old white woman> are your very standard eating disorders repackaged as whatever the fuck new “hack” to make you productive. Nope. You’re just starving yourself.

She needs to go to prison

It feels so close

Omg yes, anything for them to stfu

Yes! I want to read it!